Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods plan major shakeup in Charlotte and western NC

Breaking News: Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods are swapping stores in the Charlotte region and in Asheville.  We are working on the story, here are the stores that effected:

Harris Teeter stores converting to Lowes Foods

401 Cox Rd, Gastonia

1751 Neil Hawkins Rd, Gastonia

1145 E Marion St, Shelby

3010 N Center St, Hickory

210 Avery Ave, Morganton

Biltmore Center Parkway, Asheville

Lowes Foods converting to Harris Teeter

11124 Reniassance Dr, Davidson

17001 Kenton Dr, Cornelius

13018 Eastfield Rd, Huntersville

8445 Davis Lake Parkway, Charlotte

5939 Weddington-Monroe Rd, Wesley Chapel

15080 Idlewild Rd, Stallings

7036 Brighton Park Dr, Mint Hill

16045 Johnston Rd, Charlotte

10828 Providence Rd, Charlotte

867 Stockbridge Dr, Ft Mill

Harris Teeter - Gaston Mall, Gastonia

(Photo courtesy Pat Richardson and Steven Swain)

Gaston Mall's Harris Teeter store is one of the chain's oldest stores that is still in operation. It opened in the early 70s with Gaston Mall, which is a small indoor shopping center that has a Hollywood Video, Mary Jo's clothing store, a variety of locally owned stores, and the mall was until recently anchored by Media Play. What is notable about this store, besides its design, is that the future of Gaston Mall is up in the air amid rumors of a SuperTarget coming to the space. The question remains as to what will happen to the Harris Teeter and other stores. Additionally, this HT serves the eastern Gaston towns of Mt. Holly and Belmont (whose Harris Teeter store closed in the 1990s). This store faces I-85 at Cox Road, just east of downtown Gastonia and about 25 minutes west of downtown Charlotte. It is one of three Harris Teeter stores in Gaston County, the others being in southern Gastonia and Cherryville
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